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@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ Windows development environment
.. note:: You must also get the calibre source code separately as described above.
Install calibre normally, using the Windows installer. Then open a Command Prompt and change to
the previously checked out calibre code folder. For example::
Install calibre normally, using the `Windows installer <https://calibre-ebook.com/download_windows>`__.
Then open a Command Prompt and change to the previously checked out calibre code folder. For example::
cd C:\Users\kovid\work\calibre
@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ macOS development environment
.. note:: You must also get the calibre source code separately as described above.
Install calibre normally using the provided .dmg. Then open a Terminal and change to
the previously checked out calibre code folder, for example::
Install calibre normally using the `provided .dmg <https://calibre-ebook.com/download_osx>`__.
Then open a Terminal and change to the previously checked out calibre code folder, for example::
cd /Users/kovid/work/calibre
@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ The calibre command line tools are found inside the calibre app bundle, in
you should add this folder to your PATH environment variable, if you want to
run the command line tools easily.
The next step is to create a bash script that will set the environment variable ``CALIBRE_DEVELOP_FROM`` to the absolute path of the src folder when running calibre in debug mode.
The next step is to create a bash script that will set the environment variable ``CALIBRE_DEVELOP_FROM``
to the absolute path of the src folder when running calibre in debug mode.
Create a plain text file::
@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ used in Windows and macOS. Alternatively, you can install calibre from source. I
environment from source are in the INSTALL file in the source tree. Here we will address using the binary as a runtime, which is the
recommended method.
Install calibre using the binary installer. Then open a terminal and change to the previously checked out calibre code folder, for example::
Install calibre using the `binary installer <https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux>`_. Then open a terminal and change to the previously checked out calibre code folder, for example::
cd /home/kovid/work/calibre
@ -243,6 +244,11 @@ The next step is to set the environment variable ``CALIBRE_DEVELOP_FROM`` to the
So, following the example above, it would be ``/home/kovid/work/calibre/src``. How to set environment variables depends on
your Linux distribution and what shell you are using.
.. note::
It is recommended to use the binary installer provided from upstream.
Should you insist on using a package provided by your distribution, use
the ``CALIBRE_PYTHON_PATH`` and ``CALIBRE_RESOURCES_PATH`` variables instead.
Once you have set the environment variable, open a new terminal and check that it was correctly set by using
the command::